“This is the land of opportunity; it is the greatest nation in the world, no matter what anyone says out there,” the actor and winner of the 1969 Mister Universe said during an outdoor rally in Ohio. “And we need John Kasich to now take charge and be at the White House.”

Kasich “kicked some serious butt” when he was in Congress, said Schwarzenegger, who will be replacing Donald Trump as the host of “The Celebrity Apprentice.”

Schwarzenegger’s support of Kasich’s presidential bid may stem, in part, from their mutual concerns related to man-made global warming. Kasich has repeatedly used his belief in man-made global warming to create a potential point of difference between his opponents and himself in the presidential race.

“I know that human beings affect the climate,” Kasich said at a town hall in Vermont in February. “I know it’s an apostasy in the Republican Party to say that. I guess that’s what I’ve always been — being able to challenge some of the status quo.”

Several audience members came away from the town hall surprised by Kasich’s announcement.

“The fact that he even acknowledges that there is science which absolutely, absolutely, without question shows that human activity is degrading our environment, gives me great hope,” Art Rovner, a Vermont citizen and self-proclaimed scientist, said after Kasich’s comments during the rally.

“To bring true competition to the energy market, ensure our national security and create jobs here rather than in China or elsewhere,” he wrote, the government should “level the playing field” and give solar and wind companies the same kind of subsidies it supposedly gives the oil industry.

And in December, Schwarzenegger posted a screed to Facebook, admonishing all of his friends and followers to stop yapping about how global warming isn’t happening, and instead find solutions to climate degradation.

“There are always a few of you, asking why we should care about the temperature rising, or questioning the science of climate change,” the actor wrote in a post titled “I don’t give a **** if we agree about climate change.”

He added: “I want you to know that I hear you,” Schwarzenegger added. “Even those of you who say renewable energy is a conspiracy. Even those who say climate change is a hoax. Even those of you who use four letter words.”

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